Within The Story
Confusion, hope,
anger, gratitude, love, desire, and betrayal: each of these emotions surround
me and it’s all because of Jenna Fox. It doesn't matter that Jenna Fox does not
exist. It doesn't matter that the made-up image of Jenna Fox I have in my head
is just that--made up. I've forgotten that this book is just a work of fiction;
Jenna is real to me and the only way she can figure out who she is, is through
me. Her memories are no longer stuck
inside a computer marked Jenna Angeline Fox, instead they are captured within The Adoration of Jenna Fox. As I turn
pages and discover more about Jenna’s life I feel as if it’s happening now.
Jenna can’t figure out who she is unless I continue reading.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E.
Pearson made me experience every emotion and left me breathless, as well as my
adrenaline surging. I could feel the emotions throughout my entire body as I
worked to figure out Jenna’s past with her.
The question is asked “How far would go to save someone you love?”[1]
Would I risk everything I had in life for a loved one to have another chance at
life, or would I accept their fate?
Claire
and Matthew Fox demonstrate the epitome of love by committing a life-threatening
sacrifice to save their daughter's life. Claire
said, “We had to make a choice—save you the only way we knew how or let you
die. Any parent in the world would have made the choice we did.”(118) Clair and
Matt made the choice by saving “as much as was still viable”(118) of Jenna and
using Bio Gel to create a new body for their daughter to live in, but only ten
percent of the old Jenna is usable.
Lily raises the
question of Jenna’s ten percent, is it enough to be considered human? In the
beginning I felt bad for Jenna, but I also agreed with Lily and began to
question what Jenna really was. I didn’t know if I could fully accept Jenna for
a human, but as Jenna worked her way back into Lily’s heart, she also softened
mine. Jenna trusts in Lily and goes to her with her problems, “They eventually
have to share with someone. My someone is Lily.” Lily accepts Jenna before
Jenna even accepts herself.
Questions of Life
As I read The Adoration of Jenna Fox, I noticed
that Jenna’s journey made me question several details in my life. Besides the
meaning of love, Pearson brings up questions on friendship and identity; her
book inspired me to question who am I, and who I will become.
When
Jenna first awakes from her coma she doesn’t know who she is, Jenna is told her
name and is given videos of her past. Slowly, she begins to remember who Jenna
Fox is but she realizes there is “something curious about me.” (12) Soon Jenna
discovers that she has a “shelf life” (128) and her “life expectancy [is] between
two and two hundred years.” (128) As I continued to read I began to think about
how we are not guaranteed a tomorrow. We
could die at any moment and if we died tomorrow will we have made a difference
with our life?
Kara
and Locke, the accident, everything that haunts Jenna’s past tears at her to
remember. She had two best friends, ones she will never forget. Despite them
dying in the accident and Jenna’s survival, they are very much alive within
Jenna’s mind and she must free them from captivity within the computers.
Jenna’s dedication to her friends made me question my friendships today, how
far would I go to save them, how far would they go to save me? But now Jenna
has new friends to go along with her new body, Ethan and Allys. Soon Jenna is
falling in love with Ethan, despite his angry past, and she puts her trust and
her secret in his hands. Allys has bio engineered hands and legs along with a
negative outlook on Matthew Fox’s corporation and befriends Jenna before she
realizes Jenna’s relation to Matthew. Ethan and Allys made me question several
things: who are my true friends today, who can I question with my secrets, and
did Allys betray Jenna in the end or simply desire to live and save her own
life?
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